Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-10-04

among the rustling leaves ana sociable in
sects Alfred basked in the light Of Flos-
! sizes presence, and discovered new charms
in her every moment. He found her fully
conscious that her mental requirements
We're far inferior to his. and eager to listen
/ 10 his instruction and advice, and as he
read to her choice selections Of prose and
poetry. his joy at her appreciativc sym.
pathy was increased by frequent glance,
over the top Of his book for Flossie Wa,
grace itself, and each position she too K
among the Curving branches WAS more
lovely than the last. On SUNDAYS Flossis
exchanged her graceful tennis costume for
n conventional but becoming church cos
tune, and she and Alfred attended the
/ afternoon service nt the village church
Afterward, ON their way home, they lin
gered Ill the shady paths and talked phil
usnphy.
Bless her little heart. She has more
sympathy than any girl ever knew, and
she is as good as she is pretty" said Al
fred, rapturously. to himself, rs her beau
tiful eyes 50 often met his. full of gcntlest
confidence i'll his wisdom and scarce veiled
admiration Of his manly perfections.
Ii was an enchanted solitude. Silas
and his wife We're visible only at meal
times, or at IA distance, when Engaged III
agricultural or poultrycultur i pursuits
Alfred hardly cared TO read his letters or
the newspapers; Flossie recei sed very few
letters, and this met Alfrei's approval,
Tor he objected 10 a miscellaneous collec
tion of female friends such as most girls
have.
Flossie had only one correspondent be
sides her aunt This was a Philadelphia
81 attended ha ,,,
the town where Flossie lived, and had
visited at Flossie's home.
"Aunt Kate distrusted her at first tc-
cause she was u boarding school girl Il was
never away To school, hut she liked her
nftcrward. except when Bella ate green
apples and wanted 10 make me eat one
Auntie was furious for n while" muir
INJURED Flossic, in her soothing, musical
voice.
What n very fine woman your aunt
must be. approve entirely Of her ideas.
have noticed lately that you do not take
u bite of every apple you see, Us many
people do
''Oh. auntie did not allow me to eat be-
tween meals said Flossie
This statement brought matters to n
crisis.
Here have I found youth, beauty, do
cility aud diGcstion-what more can |
wish" thought Alfred.
Before sunset Of that day Flossie was
engaged 10 him, and before Christmas
they were married. Love and Hygeia
presided over this uuspicious union, and
Alfred was in the seventh heaven of
earthly bliss
Rut Of the two genii who attend upon
good resolves, there WAS one who had yet
to he heard from.
Gcnius number one had found Alfred
his ideal girl
Genius number two cunningly concealed
frnni him the following letter which Flos-
ste wrote soon after her engagement had
oeen male public:
My DARLING BEL-Wish me joy
I've got out of Aunt Kate's clutches, and
INTO the hands of a rich. handsome and
soft adorcr, We will be married imme-
diately. How did i get him, you'll say
living in this dull hole. Well. my love-
last summer auntie sent me, for economy,
to board at Cousin Siias Clouds while
She went north. There heard OF a rich
young fellow who had been fishing in
S. l traced him TO Brinton. and
found that he was Jane MOore's cousin
fancy that cat having y handsome cousin!
managed to get an invitation ont Of her,
and s"oa learned that he had hobby
about marrying a healthy wife. 1t took
just n month to catch him-easy work,
too, for | made the most Of Aunt Kate's
starvation training-and now I'm free
from her, and will have a house all my
Own-no in-laws for me-and you shall
visit me the very day get settled. Won't
we have fun, I'm going 10 send you so
for candy, candy, candy, TO bring with
you. l mean TO make up for lost time.
Well eat from morn till night, and
shall do just as please all the rest Of my
life. Joyfully yours, Flossie. Eva
Muller in Pittsburg Bulletin